Mark Logan, the owner of a vinyl music store in Kitchener, Encore Records, started Busted Flat Records in 2002 to record and release a live album by Shannon Lyon. The label is currently based in
Kitchener, Canada and as of 2013, has 24 artists with over 65 released recordings. Musicians on the roster include/have included
blues artist,
Matt Andersen (two-time
Maple Blues Awards winner, recipient of the Best Solo performance at the
International Blues Challenge, and winner of several
East Coast Music Awards), as well as Paul MacLeod,
Brock Zeman, Lynn Jackson,
Ambre McLean, Shannon Lyon,
Jay Semko, the Billie Hollies and many other Canadian singer-songwriters. The label name was taken from a line in the song, "
Me and Bobby McGee" made popular by
Janis Joplin. The label was founded to showcase talent from the Southern
Ontario region, but has since branched out to release acts from across Canada and Europe. In 2013, the label distributed its first release by an American artist:
Have Harmony, Will Travel, a collection of duets by
Carla Olson, who had previously co-founded
The Textones. The album includes contributions from
Barry Goldberg,
Cindy Cashdollar,
Scott Kempner, Rob Waller from I See Hawks in L.A.,
Juice Newton,
Richie Furay,
John York,
Peter Case,
James Intveld and
Scott Kempner. ==See also==